tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41462834932179446942026-10-13T02:52:57.992-07:00<p align="center">Mostly Chess....</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-54997527780093026742021-06-19T23:40:00.000-07:002021-06-19T23:40:09.999-07:00

The following are top chess engines in 2021. With the rating far beyond human chess player can reach, there is not much interest on Human Vs Computer anymore. Stockfish 13 : Elo 3546 Fat Fritz 2 : Elo 3526 Komodo Dragon : Elo 3495 Igel 3.0.5 : Elo 3418 RubiChess 2.1 : Elo 3407 Houdini 6 : Elo 3398 It is interesting to see if anybody can come out with anti-computer formula in future.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-87423072662120302792014-10-11T23:48:00.001-07:002014-10-11T23:48:12.564-07:00

15 Blitz games of 10m Komodo 8 vs Stockfish DD Date&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 12 Oct 2014 Hardware: HP i7 GUI: Fritz 13 &nbsp;Game number &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; 2&nbsp; 3&nbsp; 4&nbsp; 5&nbsp; 6&nbsp; 7&nbsp; 8&nbsp; 9&nbsp; 0&nbsp; 1&nbsp; 2&nbsp; 3&nbsp; 4&nbsp; 5 Komodo 8 64-bit&nbsp;&nbsp;

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-73035553820615605392012-09-10T07:28:00.000-07:002012-09-10T07:30:55.506-07:00

Unfortunately Tucano doesn't work in Fritz 13 GUI. So I paired Tucano vs Houdini 1.5a instead. After 7 games, it was already clear that Tucano&nbsp;could not reach the monster's eye yet. RankEngineScoreHoTu&nbsp; 1Houdini_15a_w327.0/7· ·· ·· ··1111111&nbsp; 2Tucano_win32 0.0/70000000· ·· ·· ··&nbsp; Latest update: 2012.09.10, 21:56:47&nbsp;, Level: Tournament Game in 5 Minutes

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-48321706982154284972012-09-10T05:30:00.000-07:002012-09-10T07:29:09.417-07:00

Despite the huge number of existing chess engines out there, chess programmers continue to release new engines (or update their existing chess engines). From the 1st January 2012 to 9 Sept 2012 at least 99 new/updated chess engines were produced (as published in wbec-ridderkerk) At the point of my writing, the latest addition was&nbsp;Tucano. The name is derived from a bird named Toucan (&nbsp;

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-10820076538507266792012-06-17T03:07:00.001-07:002012-06-17T03:07:43.402-07:00

Nakamura da kid Nakamura at early teen Nakamura in 2011

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-24337919935604390072011-10-30T00:11:00.000-07:002011-10-30T00:12:33.964-07:00

After sometime I felt like no point of continuing the match. Houdini 1.5a keep on trashing Rybka 4.1. Here is the test I run under Fritz 12 GUI: Houdini 1.5a vs Rybka 4.1, Blitz 5m&nbsp; 0 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Houdini 1.5a w32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +215&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +12/=7/-1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 77.50%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15.5/20 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rybka 4.1 w32&nbsp;&nbsp; &

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-80492585569885428982011-10-29T17:54:00.000-07:002011-10-29T17:56:52.259-07:00

Houdini 1.5a vs Fritz 13 UCI, Blitz 5m, GUI Fritz12 30 Oct 2011 (68 Games), No Book &nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Houdini 1.5a w32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;+46&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +19/=39/-10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 56.62%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 38.5/68 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fritz 2011 UCI 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;-46&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +10/=39/-19&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 43.38%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-5635956304606452962011-10-29T01:14:00.000-07:002011-10-29T01:16:53.813-07:00

Fritz 12 looks too amateur versus the free Houdini 1.5a. I run a match between the two in Fritz 12 GUI and Houdini completely outplayed Fritz 12. Houdini 1.5a vs Fritz 12, Blitz 5m&nbsp; 0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-69076979511689710662011-03-13T08:37:00.000-07:002012-08-31T08:15:47.311-07:00

Get a Grandmonster for free. Download the latest version of the Houdini here: Latest version (as at 13 March 2011): Houdini 1.5&nbsp; Older versions: 1. Houdini 1.03a (1 CPU) 2. Houdini 1.03a (2 CPU) 3. Houdini 1.03a (4 CPU) 4. Houdini 1.03a (8 CPU) Check the details from the owner's site: http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm UPDATE 31 August 2012: Derar visitors, Please download

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-68600851754143695272010-12-14T07:18:00.000-08:002010-12-14T07:18:26.434-08:00

Houdini 1.03a vs Firebird 1.0&nbsp; Preliminary test indicates that both programs are capable of beating each other.&nbsp; RankEngineScore%FiHoS-B 1FireBird 1.0 w32 5.0/1050.0· ·· ·· ·· ··1=0=======&nbsp;25.00&nbsp; 1Houdini 1.03a w321CPU5.0/1050.00=1=======· ·· ·· ·· ··&nbsp;25.00&nbsp; 10 games played / Tournament finished Tournament start: 2010.12.14, 21:27:36 Latest update:

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-42723981873679113382010-12-13T21:25:00.000-08:002010-12-13T21:25:10.612-08:00

I have just saw the new Houdini chess engine&nbsp; homepage (http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm). It claims that "Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows that competes with the best commercial and free software. The current version is Houdini 1.03a (release date July 17, 2010)". The current standing of Houdini according to IPON rating list on the 13th Dec 2010&nbsp; [http://

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-62408876249605142442010-04-12T10:10:00.000-07:002010-04-12T10:11:10.977-07:00

To all visitors of this blog, Due to extreme busy, finalising my thesis, I am currently unable to update this blog..will be back in few months time... THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-82322113663992148422010-02-28T15:06:00.000-08:002010-03-24T07:24:01.843-07:00

This is how Robbloito 0.09 crushes the 2600++ rated Anmon 5.60. I guess the latest version of Anmon is Anmon 5.75 (rated 2630 according to http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404.live/index.html on the 19th Feb 2010, but haven't got this engine yet. I forced each engines to play black and white with French Defence, advanced variation in the following starting position:1. e4 e62. d4 d53. e5

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-18301945413659981462010-02-27T04:55:00.000-08:002010-02-27T04:55:17.633-08:00

This is the desk I use to run chess engines matches. Also in the picture are some of my original chess programs CD/DVD collection. I owned almost every vesion of Fritz but forgot where I put the rest.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-84110602979683739382010-02-22T11:25:00.000-08:002010-02-22T11:35:08.668-08:00

In the last post I commented that Rybka 3 is perhaps better than Robbolito 0.09&nbsp; on certain conditions. This time I forced Rybka and Robbo to play from a position in Sicilian Najdorf and take turn to play white and black pieces respectively.1. e4 c52. Nf3 d63. d4 cxd44. Nxd4 Nf65. Nc3 a6...play continued from this position. The preliminary result is rather shocking. Robbo trashed Rybka

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-25830325021271965442010-02-20T11:46:00.000-08:002010-02-21T17:21:01.903-08:00

There are reasons to believe that Rybka 3 is probably better than Robbolito 0.09 under the following conditions: 30 minutes time control Ponder off No tablebases No opening book. The following is my latest result based on the above conditions: Rybka 3 vs Robbo 009&nbsp; 2010 1&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Rybka 3 Dynamic 1-cpu 32-bit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ½½½½½½½1½1 &nbsp;&nbsp; 6.0/

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-40476295814167990602010-02-16T11:02:00.000-08:002010-02-16T11:04:05.910-08:00

Robbolito 0.09 defeated Stockfish 163 with huge margin. The latest result is as follows: RankEngineScoreRoSt 1RobboLito_009_w32 21.0/30 1==11=01=1=1=== =11=111=1====1= 2Stockfish-163-32-ja9.0/300==00=10=0=0=== =00=000=0====0= 30 games played Tournament start: 2010.02.16, 13:33:47 Latest update: 2010.02.16, 18:23:58 Level: Tournament Game in 5 Minutes Hardware: Intel(R) Celeron(R

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-77024690803787073882010-02-14T14:37:00.000-08:002010-02-14T16:36:09.826-08:00

So far Robbolito 0.09 has shown impressive performances by beating Fritz 12, Rybka 3, and Firebird 1.01. Latest match with Firebird 1.01 is as follow: RankEngineScoreRoFi 1RobboLito_009_w3232.0/60 ======0========1====111====1== 11===0========1====01====0==0= 2FireBird_101_w32 28.0/60======1========0====000====0== 00===1========0====10====1==1= 60 games played Tournament start:

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-39527012941277949212010-02-13T15:59:00.000-08:002010-02-13T16:01:27.622-08:00

Rybka 3 lost to Robbolito 0.09 with big margin. RankEngineScoreRoRy 1RobboLito_009_w3261.0/100 1==11=0=0===0==100=1=1=0= ==111=1====011===0=11011= 1=1=0=0=11==0===11011=011 =1111111===0=011=====111= 2Rybka 3 1-cpu w3239.0/1000==00=1=1===1==011=0=0=1= ==000=0====100===1=00100= 0=0=1=1=00==1===00100=10 0=0000000===1=100=====000= 100 games played / Tournament is finished Tournament

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-41367899341197298092010-02-11T01:26:00.000-08:002010-02-11T01:34:06.446-08:00

Without any doubt the free Robbolito 0.09 is very very far stronger than the commercial Fritz 12. Perhaps no human being will ever beat Robbo in a match forever. Hardware: Intel Dual Core 1.60GHz 504MB RAM OS: Windows XP

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-63961259870795538472010-02-08T16:31:00.000-08:002011-04-14T05:33:03.255-07:00

You can download the whole Robbolito Chess Engines Family here: Download Link: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (Size: 0.94MB in 7z format) Password: queenchessblogspot The file contains the following chess engines: 01. Firebird 1.0 beta 02. Firebird 1.0 03. Firebird 1.01 04. IvanHoe v73 05. IvanHoe v81 06. Robbolito 0085d4 07. Robboloto 0085e2 08. Robbolito 0085e4 09. Robbolito 0085g3 10. Robbolito 009

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-34742138991618383342010-02-06T00:43:00.000-08:002010-02-06T00:46:38.203-08:00

RankEngineScoreFiRyS-B 1FireBird_10_w32 5.0/10· ·· ·· ·· ··=01=10====&nbsp;25.00&nbsp; 1Rybka 3 1-cpu w325.0/10=10=01====· ·· ·· ·· ··&nbsp;25.00&nbsp; Remarks: Ponder= ON, No opening book 10 games played Tournament start: 2010.02.06, 00:57:01 Latest update: 2010.02.06, 03:47:30 Site/ Country: United Kingdom Level: Blitz 10/0 Hardware: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 with

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-64283859488312683202010-02-04T05:45:00.000-08:002010-02-07T18:03:48.627-08:00

The non beta version of FireBird 1.0 is now available from the following links. Will try to test it very soon!! downloads: (Source: cyclonechess.dot.com) FireBird 1.0 and 1.01 are available FireBird 1.0 w32 FireBird 1.01 w32 &nbsp;(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files) FireBird 1.0 x64 FireBird 1.01 x64 (optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-66571129159293295202010-01-21T01:35:00.000-08:002010-01-21T01:35:37.531-08:00

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I ran 10 five minutes blitz games under Aquarium 3 GUI between Rybka 3 and FireBird 1.0 beta. Click the picture to see the result.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146283493217944694.post-63013927459189327022010-01-20T07:48:00.000-08:002010-01-20T14:11:55.571-08:00

Click the image to see my initial test. The FireBird is no better than Robbolito g3. Robbo did not lose a single game. Simply astonishing!!! Settings: No opening book, No tablebases Blitz 5 minutes in Fritz 12 GUI Hardware and OS: Intel duo core, 1.6Ghz, Windows XP

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